Do you know any history buffs? Maybe you’re looking for a unique gift, something just right for that hard-to-shop-for person? This list of 25 books about BC is just what you need! There are a lot more than just 25 books about this great province, but this list covers a variety of topics and there should be something for everyone.
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1. G.P.V. Akrigg
1001 British Columbia Place Names
2. Jean Barman
The West Beyond the West: A History of British Columbia
3. Martha Black
Out of the Mist: Treasures of the Nuu-chah-nulth Chiefs
4. M. Wylie Blanchet
The Curve of Time
5. Lynn Bowen
Boss Whistle: The Coal Miners of Vancouver Island Remember
6. Lynn Bowen
Three Dollar Dreams
7. Tim Bowling
The Lost Coast: Salmon, Memory and the Death of Wild Culture
8. Hugh Brody
Maps and Dreams: Indians and the British Columbia Frontier
9. Richard and Sydney Cannings
British Columbia: A Natural History
10. Keith Carlson
A Stó:lo Coast Salish Historical Atlas
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11. Cheryl Coull
A Traveller’s Guide to Aboriginal BC
12. James Delgado
Waterfront: The Illustrated Maritime Story of Greater Vancouver
13. Philip Drucker
Cultures of the North Pacific Coast
14. Ken Drushka
Working in the Woods: A History of Logging on the West Coast
15. Wilson Duff
The Indian History of British Columbia, Vol 1
16. Terry Glavin
Dead Reckoning: Confronting the Crisis in Pacific Fisheries
17. Terry Glavin
The Last Great Sea
18. Terry Glavin
This Ragged Place: Travels Across the Landscape
19. Donald Graham
Keepers of the Light: A History of British Columbia’s Lighthouses and their Keepers
20. Roderick Haig-Brown
A River Never Sleeps
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21. Aldona Jonaitis
The Yuquot Whalers’ Shrine
22. W. Kaye Lamb
George Vancouver: A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-95
23. Charles Lillard
Seven Shillings a Year: The History of Vancouver Island
24. Richard Somerset Mackie
Trading Beyond the Mountains: The British Fur Trade on the Pacific 1793-1843
25. Bruce Ramsey
Ghost Towns of British Columbia
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